The Need for Stricter Gun Laws in Micheal Gawenda's Book, America's Lethal Affair with the Gun

In this expository article. “America's lethal affair with the gun”, dated Februrary 6th, 2006, Micheal Gawenda contend s that America needs to be stricter on gun control laws. Gawenda, from 'The Age', writes the article with tones of dissension and assetiveness, but in a calm controlled way of approach. The intended audience of the article are the readers of 'The Age, as that is the source.

Gawenda firmly believes that gun control laws in America are not strict enough, to persuade his readers, he uses a variety of persuasive devices, some used repetitively throughout the article. One persuasive device majority of the expository, was statistics. Throughout most paragraphs, the text includes the persuasive technique of statistics, for example, “American's own an estimated 280 million guns” and “12,000 hand gun deaths... only 160 or so of these deaths have been in self defense.” These statistics persuade readers in a way where it gives the audience an idea of just how dangerous unrestrained and irresponsible gun control laws are, so that the audience agrees that America does in fact ne...